this is yet another step towards the unfungification of supposedly-fungible cryptoassets like BTC; there already exists a gray market for "unmixed" UTXOs, as certain institutions are not willing to incur the potential risk that they'll be dinged for potentially abetting ML/TF
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RT @0xB10C
MARA Pool mined its first 'clean' block today.
https://mempool.space/block/000000000000000000003f8cb66fe1ecfb38754abc9c4d4a62b71de45fef8777
https://twitter.com/0xB10C/status/1390194321127772165
the continuous furor over BTC's energy usage, as well as anti-China sentiment, may lead users to seek out "proveably-ethical" UTXOs, ie mined using "green power" & by miners not in China
this may generate demand for UTXO-provenance verification services, which certify origin
@pee_zombie I believe this to be the case as well :(
these effects, + the natural tendency of traders to differentiate assets so as to capture price-insensitive consumers are likely to lead to a tiering of the crypto markets, which will set the stage for credit ratings to make it into crypto, as larger institutions seek credibility